Chapter 7

Since the incident during Il Muto, the strange phantom hasn't been sighted or heard from. That was enough for everyone to have a party! But it wasn't just any party, it was a Masquerade! Every single person was wearing a mask of every color. Mauve, puce, green, black, rouge, gold, blue, and everyone looked something like a clown, fool, beast, king, goose, ghoul, queen, priest, or a million other things. Paulina and Dash went together, Jazz and Maddie were supervising, and Danny and Sam went, too, and were looking quite nice together. Then they noticed Tucker in the corner, looking for someone.

"Tucker what are you looking for?" Danny asked

"My date. She said she'd be here, but she's nowhere in sight." Tucker said. Danny and Sam were dumbstruck when they heard this.

"Wait wait wait. You have a Date?" Sam asked, slightly chuckling after that.

"Knock it off Sam. I do have a date to this dance, thing." Tucker said

"Who? Your PDA?" Danny asked

"No, Meg. She really has an interest in the tech equipment. She completes me." Tucker said, clasping his hands to gether and rubbing them up and down his face.

"Wow. I didn't know Meg could be a techie." Sam said

"Well, I never thought Tucker could get a date." Danny said, "But anything is possible."

"Like the theatre ghost coming out in the open." Sam said. Danny didn't notice the look of fear on her face, or that the music stopped.

"Yeah." he said

"Um, I have to go with Sam on that Dan." Tucker said. Then, Danny's green ghost sense went off. He turned to the staircase, and standing on top of it was the ghost in a long red suit.

"Why so silent my good friends?" he said. "Did you think that I have left you all for good? In my absence, I have written you an opera. Here I bring the finished score. Don Juan Triumphant." He produced a large black book with 'Don Juan' written on the cover in gold ink. After he stated the title, he threw it into Tucker's arms, who had a difficulty trying to catch it.

"I also have a few notes before production is to begin." the ghost said. "Paulina is to be taught how to act, not her normal trick of struting around the stage." Paulina looked affended, which only made Sam smile. "Our Don juan must gain some brains. It's imporatant for a boy of Dash's age." Dash looked like he was about to smash the ghost into a million little pieces. "As for my dear managers, they must learn that their place is in an office or a haunted house, not the arts." he said pointing at the two female Fentons, then he turned toward Sam. "As for our leading lady, Ms. Sam Manson. Yes her voice is good, she knows. If she should wish to improve, she would have to come with me." He looked directly into Sam's eyes, almsot hypnotizing her. Danny rushed to the closest bathroom and came back as Danny Phantom.

"Back off! She's not going anywhere." Danny said, landing right across from where Sam was. She broke away when Danny spoke and rushed to his side.

"Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah I'm fine." she replied

"Foolish boy. Her chains are mine! She belongs to me." the ghost said in a malicious tone. Then the ghost sank through the loor.

"Get back here!" Danny yelled after him, flying through the floor as well. He ended up in a dark room with mirrors covering the walls.

"Why are you doing this? Why do you want Sam? Why does my breath turn green when you're around?" Danny yelled. The ghost let out a cruel laugh.

"Foolish boy. You call yourself a phantom, with out knowing about what a true phantom is like" the ghost said. Danny felt a hand grab his shoulder and pull him out of the room through a secret door. When he looked to see who was pulling, he couldn't have been more surprised.

"Meg?" he said

"Yeah, so Ghost Boy? I just saved you from the other ghost. Now get out of here. I have errands to run." she said, angrily.

"But there's someone up there who wants you with him. Tucker." Danny said

"You mean, he really likes... me?" she asked, looking down at the floor.

"He's waiting for you." Danny said, holding out his hand to her."Will you come with me to see him?"

"No! This isn't supposed to happen! It can't!" she yelled slapping his hand away. "I'm sorry, but it would never work between us." She turned away from him. He waited to see if she would turn, but she didn't. He turned intangible and flew through the cieling, pondering what the ghost said. Then it clicked.

"That's not a ghost," he said, "That's a real phantom!" Meanwhile, Meg remained in the room, leaning on a support beam, crying.

"This isn't part of the plan." she said. "Nobody is supposed to fall in love with me."

"This should not complicate things." said a mysterious voice.

"But it will! I think...I might like him back. I'm not sure if I can go through with this Master."

"As long as I'm here, you are to do what I say. And what I say is law!"

"Yes master." Meg said in a trance. "I'm sorry."

"Good. Everything is going according to plan."